IFI Statement on the “Equality for Every Family Act”

Illinois lawmakers have once again chosen ideology over integrity by embracing Governor JB Pritzker’s amendatory veto to the so-called Equality for Every Family Act (HB 2568). Despite its pleasant-sounding title, this legislation redefines what it means to be a mother, father, and family — not to promote equality, but to erase the natural and moral distinctions that God Himself ordained.

The act deliberately severs parenthood from biology, marriage, and morality. It treats children as commodities and family formation as a contractual arrangement, rather than a sacred trust grounded in the union of one man and one woman. By rewriting the Parentage and Gestational Surrogacy Acts, lawmakers have paved the way for state-sanctioned confusion — replacing natural law and parental responsibility with government-imposed definitions rooted in radical gender ideology.